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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 209434, member: 5719&quot;]There are change machines at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport that dispense dollar coins for use in the adjacent snack and drink vending machines. </p><p><br /></p><p>My last two outbound trips from there, I changed a $5 to get the coins I needed for a bottle of water (note: cheaper than at any retail kiosk in the airport).&nbsp; First time, I got five Sacs of which two looked brand new, both 2000&#039;s.&nbsp; Second time, I got four worn looking Sacs and an SBA.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Both times, I used 2 of the 5 coins right away.&nbsp; First time, I kept the other three.&nbsp; Second time, I used the other three at a food stand <b>right across from the vending machines</b> and the clerk looked at me as if I had just handed over a three dollar bill.&nbsp; Come to think of it, I think the three dollar bill would have been more readily accepted...</p><p><br /></p><p>[broken record]</p><p>The entire dollar coin for circulation discussion is a non-starter until dollar bills are withdrawn from circulation.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care what&#039;s put on it... and I don&#039;t want to suggest anything, lest the Mint or Congress get any ideas.</p><p>[/broken record][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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